Comments on: ASUS S46 and S56 Low Cost Ultrabooks Coming with Windows 8 and Nvidia GT635M

By: Tsais

Tsais — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:58:53 +0000

So, ASUS just can’t bring themselves to install a kepler GPU into their latest models?

Still so much old inventory to burn off?

The Kepler GT 640M LE has a TDP of 17Watt, beating anything from the FERMI generation with anywhere near that TDP…

Annoying, ASUS!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:32:05 +0000

I for one am quite intrigued by these models. My girlfriend has been eyeing my Zenbook and she’s convinced 11.6″ ultrabook is her cup of tea.

I hope these make it to Finland.

By: efjay

efjay — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:47:27 +0000

Thanks for the info. Hope to get these questions answered by Asus themselves at their event next week.

By: DavidC1

DavidC1 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:23:28 +0000

“Havent seen anything definitive, just going by the various hands on and your info. Is there a big battery life hit with Turbo?”

I haven’t seen battery life impact by Turbo Mode. It shouldn’t as the effect should be temporary, and the increase can be mitigated by the fact it can sometimes go to sleep faster.

The power management of modern CPUs are advanced enough that TDP and clocks are a lot less important on battery life for most applications.

By: efjay

efjay — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:35:48 +0000

Havent seen anything definitive, just going by the various hands on and your info. Is there a big battery life hit with Turbo? I need a good balance between power and battery life, but then depending on weight I could just carry the whole device and use the keyboard battery.

And really, I dont Photoshot or anything like that but dont want issues with using multiple browser tabs or applications at once.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:10:08 +0000

With the new Core i3 at 1.8Ghz there’s enough power there for most things but the Core i5/i7′s do Turbo a lot more. Itf the book is being used more for consumption, the i3 might be the better choice. Depends on the price differential. Have you seen model details yet? We haven’t.

By: efjay

efjay — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:02:08 +0000

Sorry to hijack but would you recommend a core i3 or i5 for the Transformer Book? Only difference it Turbo on the latter, does it make that much difference? Thanks.